Reflector



C. A. KUHNS Feb. 7, 1933.-

REFLECTOR Filed March 4, 1932 CZ/dries 1f K1031;

flllomey Patented Feb. 7, 1933 TES CHARLES A. KUHNS, OF NIAGARAFALLS,NEW YORK Application filed March 4, 1932. Serial 1T0. 596,818.

This invention relates to reflectors, and

in accordance with the present invention a reflector is provided that isespecially adapted but not necessarily restricted for use in connectionwith automobile headlights.

The reflector according to the present invention is adjustable towardand away from the electric lamp or bulb and to any angle of inclinationas found desirable.

The invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will bebest understood from a study of the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1. is a front elevational View of a conventional automobileheadlight, a portion ofthe lens being broken away to show thearrangement of the reflector in the headlight casing.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through the reflector per se.

Figure'4 is a sectional elevational view through a longitudinallyadjustable pivoted supportmember.

Referring more in detail to the drawing 8 it will be seen that 5designates generally the casing of a conventional automobile headlight,and 6 the. lens. Suitably mounted within the casing is the conventionalelectric lamp or bulb 7. p v

The improved reflector designated by the reference character 8 issubstantially cupshaped so as to fit over the forward portion of thebulb 7 and the concave or inner side of the reflector is 'nickeled orotherwise, treated to provide an efiicient reflecting surface.

The reflector 8 is provided with an attaching bracket 9 which in thepresent in-- stance is formed from a single length of wire bent andshaped to a substantial V with the sides of the V at the open endthereof welded or otherwise secured to the outer side of the reflector 8at diametrically opposite sides of the reflector. At the apex of the V,the bracket 9 is bent inwardly into the shape of a U to provide a pairof opposed spring jaws 10.

A base plate 11 is suitably secured to the 7 bottom of the casing 5inwardly thereof and adjacent the forwardend of the casing, The

plate 11 has ears 12 extending upwardly therefrom and the ears12 supporttherebetween a hinge pin 13. Asubstantially fork 'shapedmember comprisesa sleeve like or tubular shank 14 that is internally threaded,

and merges at oneend into a pair of'relatively spaced prongs orextensions 15 which adjacent their free ends are suitably apertured andthrough said apertures extends the pivot pin 13. v w A Ashank' 16-has athreaded end portion screwed into the sleeve 14 and a flattened end 7portion 17 that is adapted to be inserted into I the U provided at theapex of the bracket 9 and gripped on relatively opposite sides by thespring aws 10 whereby the bracket is portionof the hinge pin 13, and oneend 18a of the] spring engages an adjacent car 12 while thebther ,endofthe spring engages the extensions 15 and normally urges said'extensionand associated parts'to rotatein a clockwise direction whereby thereflector 8 is yieldably retained in engagement with vthe lamp bulb 7. iA

From the foregoing it is apparent that by reason'of threaded engagementof shank 16 and sleeve 14, these parts may be readily ad justed as maybe required by the size of the headlight with which the reflector isused.

In actual practice, it will be found that with a reflector of thischaracter used in conjunction with a headlight, the light will bedirected downwardly and over a material area of the road enabling thedriver of the vehicle to have a clear vision, and such a reflector willbe found especially useful when driving in a fog. Further, byuse of thereflector, glare is, if not actually obviated, reduced to a minimum thusobviating the necessity of dimming the lights when a car approaches froman opposite'direction.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodimentof the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible tofurther changes in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts and accordingly I claim all such forms of the invention to which Iam entitled in view of the requirements of the prior art and scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a headlight, in combination, a casing, a lamp mounted in saidcasing, an auxiliary reflect-or engaging said lamp and having its axisdisposed at an angle to the axis of said lamp, and means foryieldablyretaining said auxiliary reflector in engagement with saidlamp; said means comprising a bracket fixedly secured within saidcasing, a fork hav ing the legs thereof pivotally engaged with thebracket, spring means engaging said bracket and fork and normally urgingthe latter to rotate in one direction, said fork also having a shankprovided with a threaded opening therethrough, a rod having an end screwthreadedly engaged with the shank of said fork and having its other endflattened, and spring arms secured at one end to said auxiliaryreflector and having remote from said auxiliary reflector parallelportions frictionally engaging therebetween the flattened end of saidshank.

2. An anti-glare device for vehicle headlights comprising aconcavo-convex auxiliary reflector adapted to engage the lamp of theheadlight with its axis arranged at an angle to the axis of said lamp,and supporting means for said auxiliary reflector yieldably urging saidreflector into engagement with said lamp, said supporting meansincluding a bracket adapted to be attached to the usual headlightreflector, a longitudinally extensible supporting member pivotallyconnected at one end to said bracket, and having at its other end aflattened portion, and a V-shaped bracket having sides secured to theauxiliary reflector at the open end of the V and at the apex of the Vmerging into clamping jaws frictionally engaging the flattened end ofsaid supporting member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES A. KUHNS.

